A hardline stance on drugs might be put on hold for schoolies by the new Queensland government, with the premier baulking at an immediate pill-testing ban.
Pill testing at the popular end-of-year event on the Gold Coast was to be rolled out at a cost of $80,000 by the former Labor government.
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But the LNP government said it would ditch the scheme if elected.
After ending Labor’s nine-year reign at the election on Saturday, Premier David Crisafulli said he would await advice on a pill-testing ban with the schoolies event just weeks away.
But the premier said he was not backtracking on the policy.
“I’m going to take some advice on that and I’m going to do that in a deliberate way — that’s important,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“To be clear, we’ve said that we don’t support pill testing and I’m not walking away from that.
“The question was asked about schoolies, which is in three weeks’ time — we’re not talking about in the future, I’m talking about this event here and I’ve asked for some advice.”
Queensland is one of only three jurisdictions in the nation to have legalised pill testing.
The former government introduced the legislation in a bid to help school-leavers celebrate safely.
It had committed $1 million over two years to fund pill testing, with fixed sites established in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Its first pill-testing service was rolled out at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival over the Easter weekend in 2024 where 250 people had substances assessed.
It followed calls for increased standardised pill-testing programs at festivals after the deaths of Dassarn Tarbutt, 24, and Ebony Greening, 22, at the 2019 edition of Rabbits Eat Lettuce.
The Australian Medical Association said it was disappointed the LNP intended to scrap pill testing and would look to speak with the government.
“We have consulted with doctors, police and legal experts and I think this is something that will improve safety for our community, our young children and young adults, and especially at events such as schoolies,” AMA Queensland president Nick Yim told ABC Gold Coast on Monday.
“If someone is contemplating already to take an unknown substance, this is an opportunity for that individual to have that drug tested to see exactly what it is.
“These drugs are becoming more sophisticated with more synthetic drugs, and we are seeing, unfortunately, people entering our emergency departments with overdoses.”
Asked about the AMA’s stance, the premier reiterated he would take advice on the matter.
“We’ve got a really good relationship with them, and I respect them immensely, and I’m taking some advice about that right now,” he said.
Queensland, ACT and Victoria have legalised pill testing.